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From Pen-and-Paper to AI in Two Generations

Millions of Chinese factory owners have been bequeathed a difficult inheritance. AI offers a way to modernize their parents’ low-margin businesses, but only if they can overcome often deep-rooted resistance to change.

China Wants a Slimmer Nation. Big Tech Wants a Piece of It

China’s tech giants are betting that weight management could become a new growth opportunity for their healthcare businesses.

The Moonshot Moment

The launch of Kimi K3, one of China’s most powerful AI models to date, prompted a reckoning in the U.S. and triggered a regulatory storm.

The Bargain Hunters

In China, conspicuous consumption is out and thrift is in. Some companies have figured out how to cash in on the trend.

DJI Gets into a Fight in the U.S. — With Another Chinese Dronemaker

As U.S. restrictions complicate DJI’s expansion beyond drones, its camera rival Insta360 has gained an unexpected advantage.

A Now Or Never Moment For Xiaohongshu

The Chinese social media company is mulling an IPO even as the ‘TikTok refugee’ moment fades and geopolitical headwinds batter Chinese tech.

China’s Next AI Challenge: Controlling the Cost

If AI is becoming a new kind of “factory,” as Jensen Huang suggests, can China win by replicating its low-cost manufacturing playbook?

China’s Delivery Revolution

China is racing ahead in yet another industry of the future — automated delivery vehicles and systems. But can it avoid the over-production and cut-throat pricing that previously marred the development of solar panels, electric vehicles and other pioneering sectors?